03-19-2014, 08:53 AM
(03-19-2014, 05:39 AM)ChristopherSea Wrote:(03-19-2014, 05:30 AM)milo Wrote:I don't think I have the right to disapprove of any relationship between two consenting adults. Montegue or Capulet, we are all equal in that sense, to choose our own mate. Gotogo...(03-19-2014, 05:19 AM)ChristopherSea Wrote: Yes, I was beginning to think that 'I Love Ewe' had a special meaning for you.So, carrying the argument further, we agree that if we don't approve of the relationship than they are not entitled to equality?
(03-19-2014, 05:39 AM)ChristopherSea Wrote:(03-19-2014, 05:30 AM)milo Wrote: So, carrying the argument further, we agree that if we don't approve of the relationship than they are not entitled to equality?I don't think I have the right to disapprove of any relationship between two consenting adults. Montegue or Capulet, we are all equal in that sense, to choose our own mate. Gotogo...
...back. I see your exercise in logic and basis for argument, but it does not wash. Abuse of animals is not a relationship. There are laws against it. Those laws apply equally to the animal protector and the abuser. Just as their are laws preventing the serial killer from legally slaying humans, they apply to the rest of us. He suffers no inequality. You may as well argue that criminals suffer from inequality because the laws are against their way of life.
Somehow we got off topic, which I believe justcloudy may have initiated: Why do we need the goverment to tell us who will be recognized as legally married? Nonetheless, there are laws applicable to married couples, as Dale mentioned to establish support and inheritence. Well, spousal death benefits, transfer of property and inheritence are legal rights. Employee death benefits are not recognized for domestic partners, even when one is a dependent of the other in every sense. This is a clear inequality same sex folks face.
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris

